This is why the Days of Awe, up to and including the Day of Atonement come before Sukkot (Harvest festival, aka The Time of Our Rejoicing) Spiritual house cleaning first (get back to honest weights and honest measures, pursue justice, get spiritual accounts cleared up with both those who have offended you and those whom you have offended), then celebrate the harvest.
Praying is the most powerful thing you can do. It shows our humility and our trust in God. This is a disaster that we cannot extricate ourselves from. We need God to part to Red Sea for us. Sure we gotta walk our way through the waters, but it is God doing the heavy lifting.
I think God needs us to do what we are supposed to do, first.
We are a nation and people of law. Our laws take care of this. When our syatem is challenged, we have recourse there as well.
Shouldn't we be taking care of this first?
Just praying is not going to work. Pray for our leaders to have the courage. That's whose hands it's in, regarding these matters.
This is why the Days of Awe, up to and including the Day of Atonement come before Sukkot (Harvest festival, aka The Time of Our Rejoicing) Spiritual house cleaning first (get back to honest weights and honest measures, pursue justice, get spiritual accounts cleared up with both those who have offended you and those whom you have offended), then celebrate the harvest.
Praying is the most powerful thing you can do. It shows our humility and our trust in God. This is a disaster that we cannot extricate ourselves from. We need God to part to Red Sea for us. Sure we gotta walk our way through the waters, but it is God doing the heavy lifting.
I disagree. The hive mind is in control. We must influence it.